OVERVIEW In theory, any molten material can form a glass when quenched fast enough.
Most natural glasses are based on silicates and for thousands of years only alkali/alkaline …

Dy 3+ doped germanosilicate glass was prepared by high temperature melting method. The
relationship among the glass's structure, the luminescent properties and the ratio of Ge/Si …

Numerous structural studies have been carried out so far to elucidate the nature of the so-
called germanate anomaly, but the correct structural model is still unknown. The objective of …

The paper presents results of structural calculations carried out on the alkali borate glasses
using physicochemical modeling based on Gibbs energy minimisation. Standard heat …

New glass compositions containing high concentrations of Tb3+ ions were developed
aiming at the production of magneto-optical (MO) fibers. This work reports on the structural …

Structural modification of conventional Yb 3+ doped phosphate glass by GeO 2 was shown
to significantly improve both thermal and spectroscopic properties, namely, transition …

New magnetic glass compositions, based on system (100-x)(60GeO 2-25B 2 O 3–4Al 2 O 3-
10Na 2 O–1PbO)–xTb 4 O 7 were prepared by the melt-quenching technique. The materials …

Bismuth (Bi)-doped glasses with broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission have been
drawing increasing interest due to their potential applications in tunable fiber lasers and …

Methods for the quantitative analysis of the IR and Raman spectra of various inorganic
glasses to determine physically meaningful optical functions and individual band …

The stability and crystallizability of glasses K 2 OB 2 O 3-GeO 2 and K 2 OB 2 O 3-SiO 2
systems becomes an important consideration when selecting materials for optical purposes …